Watch: Brazilian presidential candidate attacked with knife

Sep 07, 2018 13:54 IST

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Jair Bolsonaro, a leading Brazilian presidential candidate whose heated rhetoric has electrified some voters and angered others in a deeply polarised electorate, was stabbed during a campaign event Thursday and was undergoing surgery. At the moment of the attack, Bolsonaro was on the shoulders of a supporter, looking out at the crowd and giving a thumbs up with his left hand. Officials and his son said the far-right candidate was in stable condition, though the son also said Bolsonaro suffered severe blood loss and arrived to the hospital “almost dead.” (HT Correspondent)